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Sponsors:	The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Multi Agency Coordination Committee for Combustion Research.
Audience:	Scientific investigators.
Format:	Conference.
Purpose:	This conference is designed to enable the future utilization of alternative fuels through research in fuel formulation, simulation, and testing methodologies. It is a direct response to concerns over the future cost, availability, and environmental impact of conventional hydrocarbon fuels. There is at present a large infra-structure designed to qualify refinery products for end use. The design of energy conversion systems for power generation and transportation depends on this qualification procedure. Current test methods for product qualification have evolved beginning with the transition from a coal to a petroleum-based economy and in recent years have focused on the emission propensities of fuels. It is expected that modern research techniques will determine fuel properties more accurately and comprehensively, thus accelerating and transforming the qualification procedures. Particular attention will be paid to the properties of fuel mixtures through studies of surrogates and mixtures of alternative (bio and coal based) and petroleum based fuels.
Topics:	Fuel properties: mixtures Alternative fuels, bio, coal based, fuels Surrogate Mixtures Relation to petroleum fuels Combustion Simulations physical and chemical Databases; physical and chemical properties Modern Test Methods
Registration Contact:	Teresa Vicente , NIST, phone: 301/975-3883, email: teresa.vicente@nist.gov
Payment Contact:	Andy Beall, NIST, phone: 301/975-5361, fax; 301/975-8943, email: andy.beall@nist.gov
Technical Contact:	Wing Tsang, NIST, phone: 301/975-2507, email: wing.tsang@nist.gov Jeffrey Manion, NIST, phone: 301/975-3188, email: jeffrey.manion@nist.gov
Website:	http://kinetics.nist.gov/CKMech/
Registration:	On-Line Registration Registration fee: $90 Registration closes on 09/03/2008 Refund requests must be submitted in writing by 09/03/2008
Accommodation:	A block of rooms have been reserved for the nights of September 7-9, 2008 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel. The special rate is $139.00 per night plus 12% tax. Please contact the hotel directly at 301/670-0008. To make your reservation, mention that you are attending the "NIST/ Fuel Summit. To ensure the NIST group rate, reservations must be received by August 20, 2008.